Guidewire-capturing surgical instrument

A method of using a guidewire-capturing instrument, comprising:

• grasping a handle of the guidewire-capturing instrument, the guidewire-capturing instrument comprising the handle, a wire housing, and a clutch, the handle having a central aperture extending in an axial direction therethrough, wherein the central aperture is centered about a central axis extending in the axial direction, the wire housing having a wire aperture extending in the axial direction therethrough, the wire aperture having a guidewire positioned therewithin, the wire housing at least partially contained within the central aperture and selectively movable in the axial direction within the central aperture from a first position to a second position, and the clutch connected to the handle and selectively movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the engaged position corresponding to a threaded engagement between the wire housing and the clutch, and the disengaged position corresponding to free axial movement of the wire housing within the central aperture between the first position and the second position;
• and
• driving, while grasping the handle of the guidewire-capturing instrument, a tip of the guidewire into a pedicle via impact on a first end of the wire housing.